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it all works. first, big headlines, monkeypox, california public health officials issued quarantined guidelines and a study on how the virus lingers on services. here with us now to talk about the latest and to answer questions, our special correspondent dr. patel. thanks for joining us on this friday. >> it is good to see you, happy friday. >> it is always good to see you and always good to learn. we learn a lot just by taking your two truths and the like ways. let's get started. facebook viewers you know what to do. >> everyone tell us which one of this is not true. is it eight, starting on monday 360,000 vials of monkeypox vaccines will be available, which is equivalent to 1.8 million doses or is it b, the u.k. has a virus -- vaccine targeting omicron and ba.2, the u.s. will have one in targeting

a ba.5. or is it c, a new study found about 70% of cancer deaths worldwide are associated with preventable risk factors. which one of these is not true? kristen: i want our facebook friends to weigh in. i think you have stumped me. maybe it is just my friday brain, but folks i'm waiting for your responses to help me out. i think, a is true. i know there is a massive expansion of vaccine availability. though the numbers can be tricky. i do think the u.k. has authorized one that targets ba1. i am going to say c is a lie. no, as our viewers are saying a and b. i revised myself because our viewers are so smart and most of them say b.

i'm going to switch to b. >> ok. b is true. >> i was right the first time. >> you are right. you have to go with your gut. the u.k. has one targeting ba1, the u.s. won't wait for one in targeting ba.5, the dominant strain for covid. this is important to know because when we see the amount of vials, now that we're able to do the intradermal vaccine, it comes out to 1.8 million doses. c is not true. the actual answer is 45%. this is still very important for people to know. those preventable risk factors are things like smoking, diet, drinking all of it. you want to reduce your risk of cancer, ask your doctor or look around to live a healthier life. dan: that is --kristen: that is all great information. i still love my viewers who said b and led me astray today. we are all here to learn.

i want to talk about monkeypox more. i saw the headlines, that cases have doubled in los angeles. what about here in san francisco? >> right now, as of august 18, according to what we have a four data, we are under 1000 cases. 618. if you look at the population, per 100,000 residents, san francisco has more cases per capita than los angeles. one of the highest rates in the country per resident. obviously, as we test more and there's more awareness and access, we may see that number go up. also as cases continue to spread, while we're waiting for people to actually get the vaccine, numbers may go up as well. kristen: right now what we want is to prevent transmission. the cdc has put out an interesting graphic. i think it is a ranking of a behavioral, that goes from least to most risky. walk us through this. >> this is actually very useful.

there's a lot of individuals that have questions about their own individual behavior and risks. i will give a shout out to my colleagues at abc news new york, who actually contributed to making this chart. we're not giving the cdc credit for this one. if you go through this, the most risky behavior that we know of that spreads must -- monkeypox is sexual contact, or prolong the skin to skin contact, hugging, cuddling, things that are risky, services living with someone or taking care of someone or sharing material with someone with monkeypox. what is less risky is casual % when in doubt, if you're going to be in contact with individuals, this is your gold standard to think about how risky your behavior is. dan: can we look at the risky one? kristen: it says contact with towels, sheets or linens with someone who is positive, if you

are in a communal living situation like a college dorm. i'm asking because a lot of kids are going back to school. isn't that a risk? how can you mitigate that? >> it absolutely is. this is not the highest amount of risk. this is why a lot of college medical centers have put out awareness campaigns, making sure students understand the signs, the risk associated with getting monkeypox and where to get vaccines, where to get tested. those communal living spaces can harbor some of viruses. it comes down to students isolating what they need to. this kind of brings up a headline you and i wanted to talk about, the cdc actually looking at a specific case about how long or whether or not viral dna can survive on services. they looked at one situation in utah, two individuals tested positive, they tested a bunch of surfaces in their home and found there was dna, but it wasn't infective dna, but it was present on a lot of surfaces you

will touch on a daily basis, like a doorknob. it is possible that the dna can live on a surface, but it will degrade over time and with cleaning. kristen: how much time? >> it has yet. . to be determined how much time. that is why. if you're going to share space with someone who has monkeypox, isolation, disinfecting is important. when in doubt you can still do things like cover up your skin with clothing and or where a glove or mask. kristen: speaking of isolation, the state of california public health finally released a more detailed guidance on quarantine. can you tell us what that is? >> the big statement they made was that individuals should really isolate into those -- because those lesions cap over and wait 48 hours, to make sure that they are decreasing any chance of spreading monkeypox to someone else. this brings up an important topic.

not everyone out there can afford or has the means to isolate for as long as that process takes. it could take a couple of weeks. it could take longer. we talked about this couple in utah the sisi did a study on. they took 20 to 40 days to recover. kristen: some super rapid questions. can you get infected even if you are vaccinated? >> there are cases. this tells us the vaccine is not 100% effective but it is still recommended for those at risk. kristen: people who have had the smallpox vaccine, mostly boomers, are they protected? >> they are protected but they are not going to be asked protected is when they first got that smallpox vaccine. based on the data we have, the smallpox vaccine is most effective in the three to five years after they get it. immunity wanes over time. the vaccine is essentially a smallpox vaccine targeting both. they should have some protection but if you've got the smallpox vaccine in the past and you are

at risk for monkeypox chat with your doctor you may need a booster. kristen: some who got the shot repeats out of -- report side effects. >> the most common side effects that are being reported are those local issues from where you got the injection, like swelling, redness and itching. that seems to be bothering a lot of people. we will wait to see what the side effect profile looks like with the vaccine. that is going right in the layer of the skin. that is going to cause a more local reactions including hardening of the skin and a bump that is uncomfortable. kristen: i know you want to get in this point, a new finding about racial disparities. >> this goes further and tells us we have works to do -- work to do. 20 to 30% of cases are in black and brown individuals. that is disproportionately representative when we look at the population in this country. this is something we need to be proactive about and no longer reactive. we saw this happen in covid-19.

we are seeing it happen in monkeypox. kristen: you just gave us a master class in speedy information delivery. thank you so very much. >> you are the mentor. you push me, i do it. kristen: you are too kind. thanks dr. patel. california voters have weighed in, saying they do want president biden or former president trump in 2024. president trump in 2024. the director of a new berkeley i was hit by a car and needed help. president trump in 2024. the director of a new berkeley i called the barnes firm. that was the best call i could've made. i'm rich barnes. it's hard for people to know how much their accident case is let our injury attorneys know he how much their accident cget the best result possible.

kristen: a new poll on the 2024 election is probably know what president biden wants to hear. the uc berkeley university of governmental study polled california voters and they said they do not want president biden to run again, but they also don't want donald trump to run again.

who do they want? joining us live with the answer to that is the uc berkeley igs director. thank you for your time. this is interesting. a whopping 61% of californians do not want president biden to seek reelection. that is in true blue california where democrats outnumber republican to the one. it can't just be a longer party lines. you break it down for us? >> obviously republicans overwhelmingly oppose biden running for reelection. what is interesting is looking at the democratic party they are evenly split. even no party preference voters who are eligible to vote in the democratic presidential primary, they are opposed to the president running. even though it is quite unusual for an incumbent president not to run, given biden's hi think that might be factoring into a number of voters opinions. kristen: does your survey ask why is it job performance, what

is it that they cite? >> i don't think so. the economic times usually govern quite a bit when it comes there were the reelection of the president, economic hard times that is often the case of the presidents job reading suffer. in california, bidens ratings are evenly split. as many people approve as disapprove. that's a bit better the nationally, were only about 40% approve of his performance. that is really what is dragging him down. he really needs the economy to start turning around, before 2024 to start improving the standing with voters. kristen: i know you're poll also looked at this. if biden doesn't run who are the top democrats voters prefer? >> the actual leader is undecided. there really isn't a single candidate who jumps out as the obvious choice if biden doesn't run.

interestingly, here in california, home state governor gavin newsom is at the top of the list, even outdistancing kamala harris, will many view as the heir. it is interesting, there is no one really that stands out. it's not like 1980 when jimmy carter was running and there was ted kennedy in the background. there is not an obvious democratic challenger. that actually works in some ways to bidens and if it. there doesn't seem to be anyone there that is the obvious alternative. interesting that newsom would outpace harris in their home state. kristen: i found it interesting that a couple of non-californian home phone -- homegrown names are in there, bernie sanders is in their. >> bernie sanders one the democratic primary here four years ago. no big surprise. he has a constituency among

younger voters still prefer him. , but the numbers are relatively modest. higher than both. kristen: newsom's name was not on the primary ballot. he continues to insist he is not running in 2024. of course it is politics. things could change if biden sits out. let's talk about the republican side. voters don't want to have a repeat of 2020. former president trump. how does outlook? -- how does that look? >> for trumpet is worse. 65% of californians strongly opposed trump running again in 2024. it's not just a very large majority don't want him to run, the strength of opposition here is quite big. there is actually challenger that many republicans in this state would tolerate if trump chose not to run and that's the

governor from florida, the santos. -- ron desantis. he is the favorite if trump were not to run. a lot of the republican conservative base would move easily to ron desantis if trump were not on the ballot. kristen: what about former vice president mike pence? >> he is very weak. he is only getting 9% in a scenario where trump is not running, whereas a majority are supporting desantis. you would be the early formidable leader. i think that would be true nationally. kristen: speaking of nationally, i'm wondering if you only look to californian whether you can extrapolate the nation feels the same way or are we in outlier? >> this pole was only a pull of californians. i don't want to go too far overboard with how californians reflect the nation. i think we are a very different state.

we are a very blue state. it's usually democratic state. so, it's going to be interesting to see what shakes out on the democratic side. that's really the question here. kristen: more open than ever before compared to when you have an incumbent in office. that's interesting. thank you very much for sharing the results of the latest poll. >> my pleasure. kristen: coming up next, the future of the food industry is here. a new san francisco restaurant is run entirely by robots. we will show you how it i'm jonathan lawson here to tell you about life insurance through the colonial penn program. if you're age 50 to 85, and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three ps. the three what? the three ps? what are the three ps? the three ps of life insurance on a fixed budget are price, price, and price. a price you can afford, a price that can't increase,

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social, where it is located, the cofounder, alex. welcome, congratulations. >> thanks. kristen: i know your grand opening is next weekend and that is the restaurant right behind you. can you call it a restaurant? what is the big concept? >> sure. they are our robotic restaurant. you order a bowl and it is put together in front of you. that's exactly what our machine does. kristen: can ask you how did you get the idea for this? you have some funding, silicon valley style, do have an origin story? >> i came as -- up as a programmer. i did research on machinery. one of my biggest problems in grad school was that i was on a small siphon nose busy with research -- and i was busy with research. it was hard to find the time and

money, whether to go out to eat in -- were cooking. -- or cooking. realize that the reason why good, healthy food at restaurants were so expensive ash over time i realized -- overtime or realize that if we sped up the traditional pep process in the kitchen and did the final steps on site we could serve good food for lower prices. kristen: show us how it works. >>. sure lemme stand off camera here. kristen: you're doing it all by yourself? >> there we go. here, we have the ordering kiosk. you can go up to one of the touchscreen, it will show you exactly what you need to do to order. so, here,, tap then it shows you

a whole menu of classic bowls. so, do you mind putting it on a more of a straight angle? so, if you take a look at the screen you can see we have a preconfigured bowls and you have a custom bowl. you can go through the different ingredients we have, pick red rice, yellow rice, see information about them and pick whatever you want, see the calories in price. maybe you want some slaw, maybe want some sauce. this is a small bowl i configured, it is about 600 calories and it is only four dollars and nine cents. -- $4.99. kristen: a fully finished bowl, the kind we got here in the studio, how much does that come out to? >> our headline bowls are between $6.99 and $11.99. it is possible if you want to order smaller ball and that can be as little as what you just saw. kristen: take us behind the

curtains, once you order -- order goes in, what happens behind the scenes? what exactly do the robots do? >>. that's great. behind here is the automatic production line which you can see on the video. the ingredients which have been mostly prepacked -- prepacked -- pre-prepped, it will go through an oven for some heating and finishing cooking. this is a kamara -- culmination of and we're using and more stuff goes on top. sauces, garnishes go on. you get an assembled to your taste and it comes out of a smart locker. kristen: i know you can't shows all of the robotic action but we have done stories in san francisco that have utilized robots in their operations. what makes mezli unique, is that the extent that you use of

robots, that there is no human on-site? >> that's right. here's the pickup station. other robotic restaurants have tried to automate certain parts of the restaurant experience. like may be part of the plating process or the ordering process. but no one has done a full end-to-end experience where there are no humans on the loop at all. when you actually do that, you can do something that is smaller. so these are cheaper to build in a restaurant and more environment elite friendly. you can do something that will serve food at a lower price. that's the full automation. kristen: is the robot back there preparing what you ordered, how long does it take? >> the baltics five to six minutes but we have some balls ready for pickup. let me show you one. here, you can walk up to the screenand it is a little sunny but it has some names, you tap on a name and the one -- and once you do that you confirm it is your order.

in the pickup process begins. you will see the locker become clear shortly as the bowl gets put out by the robot. this is the last step of the process once the food comes out. you can also get your utensils and bags and lids down below and there's the bull. kristen: wow. it's kind of. like a vending machine there it is accepted as warm and exactly what you wanted. it's cool but for long-term success the food has got to be good. it was pretty tasty. i had the chicken. we'll saw the lamb and falafel. less about the chef who designed this -- tell us about the chef who designed this. >> we been working since day one with chef eric. he has a star from madera at the rosewood. he has also cooked at other restaurants. is phenomenal and put together a menu and made it as good as

this. kristen: soft launch this week, one of the grand opening? >> we have our grand opening coming up the 20th on sunday from 11:00 a llama to 5:00 p.m. -- 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.. kristen: cofounder of the mezli box we will see if this is the future of dining. best of luck. a reminder folks, you can get our live newscast, breaking news, weather and more with our streaming tv app. it is available on apple tv, android tv, fire tv and roku. android tv, fire tv and roku. sear i had no idea how much i wamy case was worth. c call the barnes firm to find out what your case could be worth. we will help get you the best result possible. ♪ call one eight hundred, eight million ♪ ♪dance! by christian a medice & elisha noll♪ ♪are you ready?♪ ♪♪ ♪let's go♪

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